# Profound (profane?) thought on the election

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profound-profane-thought-on-the-election/27691>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 1, 2000, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profound-profane-thought-on-the-election/27691 "2000-08-01T12:18:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profound-profane-thought-on-the-election/27691/1 "2000-08-01T12:18:03Z")

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What does it say about America that the  
first election in the 2000’s has two  
candidates whose names are topics of  
sex (Bush) and violence (Gore)?

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**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profound-profane-thought-on-the-election/27691/2 "2000-08-01T13:22:20Z")

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Well, since you put it THIS way, I’m voting for sex. Errr… Bush.

😉

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profound-profane-thought-on-the-election/27691/3 "2000-08-01T13:25:46Z")

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sounds like the guys in marketing are having a field day. After all, that seems like all people respond to these days.

I’m not being cynical, am I? 🙂